Honestly, whenever it comes to cross-chain, every time I bridge I end up wondering—who exactly am I trusting? IBC looks pretty clean, but if anything goes wrong in the message-passing layer—middleware, light clients, the validator set—then if even a single node plays dirty, the funds are just gone. I usually check on-chain first to see whether there’s an audit, then whether the routing is openly verifiable. Anyway, I’ve formed a habit: I’d rather refresh the block explorer a few more times than trust an “one-click cross-chain” with no risk. The recent pile of NFT royalty spats is, at bottom, also a trust issue—creators want to get paid, the market wants to keep liquidity, and once there are too many middlemen, nobody’s transparent. I can’t control what others do, but before I bridge myself, I first confirm the protocol’s status and slippage, then I make my move.